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The 2017 B’nai B’rith World Center Award for Journalism Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportaģe ceremony was held on June 27, 2017, and was covered by multiple media outlets, including The Jerusalem PostThe Times of IsraelHaaretz, Israel Radio, Army Radio, i24News and CBN TV.

The winner of the award, which recognizes excellence in Diaspora reportage in Israeli print, broadcast and digital media, was Yaniv Pohoryles, home page editor and writer for the Jewish World section of Ynet, one of Israel’s most popular online news sites. Pohoryles was chosen for a series of nine articles published over the course of 2016 that covered Jewish communities in the U.S. and France, Jewish demography, Israel-Diaspora relations, Jewish sportsmen, fundraising, aliyah and Kosher food, among other topics.

United States Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman delivered the keynote address.

A special citation was conferred upon Israeli singer/songwriter David Broza for fostering Israel-Diaspora relations through the arts.


David M. Friedman
​United States Ambassador to Israel 

Yaniv Pohoryles
Ynet, Home Page Editor And Jewish World Writer

Ynet: ​Ynet reporter to receive B’nai B’rith journalism award

“I’m very happy that the issue of Diaspora Jewry and new olim is getting broader coverage in the Israeli media,” Pohoryles told Ynetnews. “I feel that for many years, the issue has been under-reported or put into the niche of folklore, without any mind given to its wider aspects.”

Pohoryles went on to say the B’nai B’rith award “is yet more proof there are many who find interest in such topics and that their impact is wide-reaching.”


David Broza
​Israeli Singer/Songwriter

Performance

Speech

Listen to David Broza


Hebrew Coverage

Haaretz

Kikar

Arutz 7

Hidabroot

NRG

Ynet

Walla News

nana10


French Coverage

The Times of Israel


Additional Video from the Event

Opening Segment​

Bar Ilan University’s 
Dr. Yehudith Auerbach

World Center Chair
Dr. Haim Katz

​Columnist Yair Sheleg